Hook and fastening for gloves



(No Model.)

. F. s. MoKENNEY. HOOK AND FASTENING FOR GLOVES, SHOES, 6w.

No. 478,520. Patented July 5, 1892.

' UNITED {STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN S. MOKENNEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HOOK AND FASTENING FOR GLOVES, SHOES, 84c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,520, dated July 5, 1892.

Application filed January 15, 1891. Serial No. 377,823. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, FRANKLIN S. MOKENNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Vayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Hook and Fastening for Gloves, Shoes, and other Articles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in ahook and fastening for gloves, shoes, and other articles; and it consists of the device hereinafter specified and claimed, and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 illustrate successive steps in the process of constructing the device. Accordingly, Fig. 1 is a viewin plan of a blank from which my improved device is formed. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification in which the body is shown bent back on a line just behind the arms. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating a further modification, in which the head is shown bent over in a direction opposite to that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective showing still another step or modification wherein the extremity of the blank opposite the head is crimped around to form the rim of the base of the completed fastening. Fig. 5 is a view of the under side of an article to which the fastening is attached, showing the base thereof. Fig. 6 is a view of the upper side of the article, showing the upper portion of the fastening in perspective. Fig. 7 is an enlarged View of the fastening as applied in cross-section.

My present invention has special reference to the formation of a fastening which may readily be attached to the article to which it is to be applied and which shall be simple, economical, and of superior efficiency.

I carry out my invention as follows:

In the process of manufacturing my improved device I first form a suitable blank,

consisting of a single integral piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 1, the blank being shown herewith struck from sheet metal.

A represents the head of the device, which may be formed either into a hook A or into a loop A or into a button or other shaped head, asmay be desired. I

As shown in Fig. 1, if the device is to be formed with a loop the head may be constructed in the blank, as shown in dotted lines.

The body. A of the device is constructed with arms ad. The blank is formed with an extremity A opposite the head.

In the formation of the device into a com pleted article the body A is bent over, as shown in Fig. 2, the head extending in the opposite direction to that occupied in Fig. 1. The body is bent back just at the rear of the arms a a, thereby also throwing said arms forward in the direction opposite that which they occupy in the original blank, as shown in Fig. 1. The extremities of the arms are also brought toward each other, as shown in Fig. 2. As shown in Fig. 3, the head is again -bent forward, the bend occurring on a line a:

m, Fig. 2. The extremity A is finally crimped around in a circular form under the ends of the arms a a, constituting a fiat spiral, the free end of said extremitybeing brought alongside the body behind the base of the arms, and on the opposite side thereof from its projection in the original blank. By crimping the said extremity about thus a rim cfi'is formed constituting, with a portion of the body, a base A of the fastening.

It will be observed that in bending back the body of the device, as indicated particularly in Fig. 2, a chamber or passage B is formed between the upper portion of the body and that portion thereof forming a part of the base. This chamber or passage B is clearly shown in the completed article in Figs. Land 7. It will, moreover, be seen that the further bend of the head in the opposite direction (particularly illustrated in Fig. 3) forms the hook A. (Shown in the completed article in Figs. 4., 6, and 7.) As already pointed out, however, I do not limit myself to the formation of the head of the device into a hook or a loop alone, as it might be variously formed and shaped within the scope of my invention.

When formed either into a hook or loop, it

a is evident it is adapted for use with a lacing cord; or, when constructed for a loop, the loop may be engaged with the eye of an ordinary shoe-button, and so serve efficiently as a button-fastener. It will be still further observed that the free end a of the extremity A when the device has been completely formed, is still free and open, so that the device can be secured upon any given article (represented at C) by forcing the pointed extremity a through the article and turning the fastening about, by which means the article is brought into the chamber or passage B and between the rim a and the arms a a. Said arms, it will be seen, thus formed in'the completed article constitute, collectively, a shoulder projecting from the body portion over and above the article to which the fastening is secured.

\Vhen the article is thus engaged between the said rim and arms and between the roar portionof the base and the adjacent portion of the body filling the chamber B, the portions of the device above and beneath the article, respectively, are firmly clamped together upon the article, securely clamping the article between the upper and lower portions of the fastening. As so engaged upon the article, it will be seen, particularly by referring to Fig. 7, that any strain upon the hook or loop will be communicated especially to that portion of the body upturned in forming the chamber B, as at a To facilitate the crimping of the extremity A to form the rim or, I prefer to corrugate or cut away suitable portions on the inner edge of said extremity, as shown in Fig. l at What I claim as my invention is- A fastening consisting of a head and a body portion A curved under the head and provided with curved inwardly-projecting arms a a and with a downwardly-projecting extension A, which is bent back beneath the body portion A to form a pocket B and thence into a convolute form.

- In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN S. MOKENNEY.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, JOHN F. MILLER. 

